iSim of the Month: Preventing Patient Falls
A patient prepares to stand. A chair is nearby. A walker is within reach. In moments like these, small decisions shape what happens next.
The Patient Mobility and Fall Prevention iSim places learners alongside a hospitalized patient as she moves through common care activities.
As the scenario unfolds, learners observe the environment, identify potential risks and decide how best to support safe movement.
What may appear to be routine decision-making can carry meaningful consequences. A fall can quickly change the course of a patient’s hospitalization, affecting recovery, length of stay and overall outcomes.
Through this brief interactive experience, learners see how thoughtful observation and timely support help patients move safely through everyday moments of care.
Falls are not just events—they are turning points.
Explore the Patient Mobility and Fall Prevention iSim on the Learning Management System and the Clinical Simulation website.
1 Comment
Margaret Emerson · November 5, 2026 at 2:44 pm
The point that routine bedside decisions can become critical safety events makes this a strong scenario for simulation. I would be interested in how the iSim measures not only recognition of fall risks, but also whether learners choose an appropriate escalation and document what they observed. A similar approach can be useful when training clinical research teams: present an ambiguous real-world scenario, ask participants to identify the key safety decision, then compare how different roles communicate and record the action. Have you found that adding a short team debrief improves retention of the risk-assessment steps? — Margaret Emerson, BioBoston CRO.